This post is great. But the fact it had to be made at all is really concerning. I think in the US they call the class "civics" while in Australia it's called "social sciences". There is a fair amount of detail that goes along with understanding civil rights, voting, and the essential machinery that makes a representative democracy work. Doesn't anyone learn about this any more?
It's about a combination of things you know. Ultimately one of those things has to be secret, like a password that you supply and only you know. Your SSN is entirely unsuitable for this.
The idea is you should supply 3-4 items from this list:
Full Name DOB Address Telephone Number SSN Driver's License Number
And in addition to that, a secret password that you selected, otherwise, someone finding your wallet on the street has access to everything.
The whole concept of SSNs being secret and used in the US in all kinds of crazy ways always makes me laugh. Sucks to be in the US. On the contrary, the UK goes way too far the other way, asking for all kinds of ridiculous information just to change the billing plan on your cellphone.
There are thousands of Solitaire versions out there, many free.
You can also run the Windows 7 (if you have that OS) version of the game, but you have to edit the EXE file due to Microsoft fuckery. Surprisingly, this piece from The Guardian covers it pretty well.
Sure, but a boat has two jobs: stay afloat and be able to drive around a bit while floating.
The failure mode in question is well understood and has been extremely well characterised, which is why I claim it's a "solved problem". Nearly all stuffing box failures are due to lack of maintenance. Here is some interesting reading for those unfamiliar with this particular skerrick of engineering:
And if any of these become legislation in the UK then good luck being competitive economically with the rest of the world. If the UK does follow through on Brexit, and pushes ahead with these ridiculous anti-privacy laws, then the economy will definitely suffer for it in the longer term.
How do these snooping policies apply to businesses?
If they make no distinction, then businesses will not tolerate it. Those that can will relocate. Those that can't will suffer for it.
If they do not apply to businesses, then the workaround is for private individuals to route all their traffic through the workplace, if they have access, or VPS's commissioned as "business grade" services.
I live in the UK and think this all sucks pretty bad. Time to leave.
Here here, Australia does a much better job of this.
Here is an interesting article from the ABC on supplements in Australia. Not directly related to this/. story, but may be of interest, and discusses the ethics of pharmacists selling supplements.
Absolutely off topic, but produced by the same excellent reporting team, this is what Australia thinks about the F-35.
What's crazy is that sealing propeller shafts against water ingress is a **solved problem** and regardless of how "hi tech" and "modern" this ship is, there is no excuse for it to have failed, absolutely none.
No time wasted here my friend. Sorry, try again. However, I am pretty confident that I've successfully wasted your time all day. Oh wait: your time is worthless isn't it. Ha ha, sucks to be you.
Wow! I only lived in the US for six months about five years ago and don't recall having to pay to receive texts. But I do recall having to pay $2 a month for "texting service" and also being bamboozled by the pricing structure depending entirely on "minutes" with no clarity over how that applied to "incoming minutes" or "outgoing minutes" or "international outgoing minutes" or "long distance minutes" or "text messages". Purposefully creating and preying on consumer confusion is a scourge of the telecommunications industry. Scum the lot of 'em.
Sorry, I meant you can block the functionality completely, but once you want to make use of those features you'll need to allow firewall access and by that point a lot of the vulnerabilities rest with the protocol.
Mate, I don't need to be an internet tough guy: it's just that you're a cunt and the sad reality is you most likely will always be one. You think you can act like a total anus online and "get away with it" but I don't need to know who you are: no one really likes you. To make life easier, just do us all a favour and fuck right off. Kthxbi.
A lot of the IoT devices use port 80 and run some kind of HTTP client or server protocol. *Nothing* you do at the router is going to protect you from anything related to these kinds of crap-fest devices.
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This post is great. But the fact it had to be made at all is really concerning. I think in the US they call the class "civics" while in Australia it's called "social sciences". There is a fair amount of detail that goes along with understanding civil rights, voting, and the essential machinery that makes a representative democracy work. Doesn't anyone learn about this any more?
I am not him.
"#10 Buying alcohol – You can’t legally purchase alcohol anywhere in the United States unless you are at least 21-years old...."
This is one of the biggest piles of crap about living in or visiting the USA. I can't believe all you guys tolerate it.
It's about a combination of things you know. Ultimately one of those things has to be secret, like a password that you supply and only you know. Your SSN is entirely unsuitable for this.
The idea is you should supply 3-4 items from this list:
Full Name
DOB
Address
Telephone Number
SSN
Driver's License Number
And in addition to that, a secret password that you selected, otherwise, someone finding your wallet on the street has access to everything.
The whole concept of SSNs being secret and used in the US in all kinds of crazy ways always makes me laugh. Sucks to be in the US. On the contrary, the UK goes way too far the other way, asking for all kinds of ridiculous information just to change the billing plan on your cellphone.
print it on a t-shirt and have a page three model not wear it.
There are thousands of Solitaire versions out there, many free.
You can also run the Windows 7 (if you have that OS) version of the game, but you have to edit the EXE file due to Microsoft fuckery. Surprisingly, this piece from The Guardian covers it pretty well.
Sure, but a boat has two jobs: stay afloat and be able to drive around a bit while floating.
The failure mode in question is well understood and has been extremely well characterised, which is why I claim it's a "solved problem". Nearly all stuffing box failures are due to lack of maintenance. Here is some interesting reading for those unfamiliar with this particular skerrick of engineering:
http://www.passagemaker.com/channels/conventional-stuffing-box-wisdom/
http://coxengineering.sharepoint.com/pages/sternglands.aspx
http://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoexchange/showthread.php?10191-If-the-stuffing-box-fails
This particular failure on this brand new navy boat is highly embarrassing.
And if any of these become legislation in the UK then good luck being competitive economically with the rest of the world. If the UK does follow through on Brexit, and pushes ahead with these ridiculous anti-privacy laws, then the economy will definitely suffer for it in the longer term.
How do these snooping policies apply to businesses?
If they make no distinction, then businesses will not tolerate it. Those that can will relocate. Those that can't will suffer for it.
If they do not apply to businesses, then the workaround is for private individuals to route all their traffic through the workplace, if they have access, or VPS's commissioned as "business grade" services.
I live in the UK and think this all sucks pretty bad. Time to leave.
Here here, Australia does a much better job of this.
Here is an interesting article from the ABC on supplements in Australia. Not directly related to this /. story, but may be of interest, and discusses the ethics of pharmacists selling supplements.
Absolutely off topic, but produced by the same excellent reporting team, this is what Australia thinks about the F-35.
No, I'd be saying that if they fucked up something as simple as marine propeller shaft bearings then what else have they screwed up!!
"Meh, errors happen."
Sure.
But when they cost billions of tax payer's dollars and are of questionable value to begin with, you really can't brush that aside so lightly!
What's crazy is that sealing propeller shafts against water ingress is a **solved problem** and regardless of how "hi tech" and "modern" this ship is, there is no excuse for it to have failed, absolutely none.
"terrible terrible terrible on screen experience"
FTFY! :)
"contribute valuable material to"
Care to provide a single example of valuable material contributed to the world via Twitter?
PS: In case it wasn't obvious, browsing Slashdot is always "sunk time" and I only come here to be mildly amused and take part in the chit chat.
No time wasted here my friend. Sorry, try again. However, I am pretty confident that I've successfully wasted your time all day. Oh wait: your time is worthless isn't it. Ha ha, sucks to be you.
Wow! I only lived in the US for six months about five years ago and don't recall having to pay to receive texts. But I do recall having to pay $2 a month for "texting service" and also being bamboozled by the pricing structure depending entirely on "minutes" with no clarity over how that applied to "incoming minutes" or "outgoing minutes" or "international outgoing minutes" or "long distance minutes" or "text messages". Purposefully creating and preying on consumer confusion is a scourge of the telecommunications industry. Scum the lot of 'em.
PS: What's midol?
Love it. I hope at least some other netziens (you like that term?) will get a chuckle from your antics. Job well done mate.
Sorry, I meant you can block the functionality completely, but once you want to make use of those features you'll need to allow firewall access and by that point a lot of the vulnerabilities rest with the protocol.
Mate, I don't need to be an internet tough guy: it's just that you're a cunt and the sad reality is you most likely will always be one. You think you can act like a total anus online and "get away with it" but I don't need to know who you are: no one really likes you. To make life easier, just do us all a favour and fuck right off. Kthxbi.
You sound 12, but I'm guessing you're an immature 16 year old. *Slow clap*...well done idiot.
Kids, do your school work rather than pissing about on the computers.
But won't do anything for protocol issues.
A lot of the IoT devices use port 80 and run some kind of HTTP client or server protocol. *Nothing* you do at the router is going to protect you from anything related to these kinds of crap-fest devices.
Man this place has gone to the dogs.